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Gary Blanchard

Pastor Gary has served as a Bible teacher, chaplain, youth pastor, district pastor and most recently as the Texas Conference Youth Director. His motto is “making ministers for the Master.” He loves seeing young people “rightly trained” and empowered to be God’s army of youth

Gary Blanchard - World Youth Director

Pako

Pako Mokgwane is the first born child of Thulaganyo and Masego Mokgwane and has two siblings, Boikgapo and Ogaufi and his wife, Ayakha. Pako is a Pastor's Kid. Traveling from place to place improved his social skills because he was able to interact with different kinds of people. He is inspired by the lyrics of the hymn "We Speak of the Realms." It awakens the reality of the Maranatha motif—Jesus is coming again!

Pako Edson Mokgwane - Associate Youth Director

Jessica

Jessica Oliver is a new addition to the General Conference Youth Ministries team. Although she lived all over the United States and internationally, she still considers Silver Spring, Maryland home; where her parents and brother also reside. She enjoys reading, music, photography, travel, and spending quality time with family, friends, and her dog Rosario.

Jessica Oliver - Administrative Assistant

Division Youth Directors

The Seventh-day Adventist church is grouped into 13 divisions/regions worldwide. Get information on each division’s youth director as well as information on what is going on in their region. See their profiles on the Division Youth Leaders page.

Division and Field Youth Directors

Maria

From her start as a teenager in Kingston, Jamaica West Indies, to coming to Silver Spring, Maryland, Maria has seen every position the Lord has blessed her with as an opportunity to serve God through serving others. Maria lives with her family in Baltimore, Maryland. The mother of three young adults, she enjoys traveling and being with her sons Andrew, Jonathan, and Nathaniel. Her hobbies are cooking, driving and reading and her favorite ice cream is grapenut.

Maria A. Manderson - Editorial Assistant

Sophia

Young, fresh, talented and smart, Sophia Boswell is the department’s Senior Editorial Assistant, who manages the department’s social media accounts and the Youth Connect Newsletter. She holds a Master's Degree in Business Administration and a Bachelor's Degree in Communication, with an emphasis in Media Studies. She has worked as a freelance content editor for both Hope Channel and Adventist Mission's missiontothecities.org.

Sophia Boswell - Senior Editorial Assistant

Jonatán

Jonatán Tejel Subirada is the seventh Pathfinder Director of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. A PK (pastor’s kid), Jonatán is accustomed to changes. As is common for pastoral families, his family moved frequently until they settled in Madrid, Spain, where Jonatán spent his adolescent years.

— Jonatán Tejel - Associate Youth Director

PATHFINDER BIBLE

The new Pathfinder Bible is currently only available through a local Adventist Book Center store.

The new Pathfinder Bible is currently only available through a local Adventist Book Center store. Please call or visit them, and if they do not know about the new Bible, please tell them to contact Pacific Press in order to receive a shipment. To contact Pacific Press, please click here.

GLOBAL YOUTH LEADERS CONGRESS

Impact Europe will be our next Global Youth Leaders Congress which will convene in Kassel, Germany July 31-August 4, 2018.

Our Vision is:

To Equip, Empower, Engage a Generation of Spirit-Filled Leaders to pass on the Legacy of Reformation.

Call to Leadership:

Every young person is called to leadership and needs to be there. All those currently involved in any form of youth leadership, professionals and volunteers, need to be there. All divisions, unions, conferences, churches, and educational institutions are urged to mobilize their young people and their leaders for this life-changing event.

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Skin Diving

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We are a global movement of destiny, united in purpose and mission, yet diverse in culture, language, geography, economy, and heritage. It is through the power of Christ and His Spirit that we can celebrate our unity in the midst of such diversity. In a world of ethnic and national divide, this exquisite expression of unity in Jesus is the most powerful expression of the reality of the gospel in the midst of God’s people.